Assignment title: Information


Presentation You MUST prepare and present all source code, output from test runs, and other documentation as separate files within a single directory (folder) identified by your name. This directory will later be compressed into a single ZIP file - see the "Requirements" section below. The Python source code you write should be saved with a name such as assA1.py by choosing File > Save As.. from the IDLE "edit" window. The test run (or runs) produced when your Python program executes should be saved with a name such as assA1.txt by choosing File > Save As.. from the IDLE "run" window. (N.B. When testing your final program, start with a new (empty) run window, perform ALL necessary test runs one after the other, then when finished save the contents of the "run" window into ONE file showing ALL test runs in the order that you carried them out. This order should match the order of the test in your "test data table"). The other documentation (such as your pseudocode, and your table of test data etc) should be saved in a Word document with a name such as assA1.doc. Thus your directory for Assignment A1 will contain three files - and be identified with your name (and not the name of the subject or the assignment). It is critically important that your test runs (saved as one file with a .txt extension) are unmodified outputs from your program, and that these results should be reproducible by the marker running your saved .py python program in IDLE. In this subject test runs, and python program listings are NOT to be cut and pasted in from the IDLE windows with modifications. For example you might be tempted to cut the output from test runs and to paste it into a Word document to create a "pretty" assignment with headers and footers the way you might be used to doing for other subjects. DO NOT DO THIS! The un-edited contents of the "edit" and "run" windows from IDLE is all we want to see in the .py program listing file and the .txt test run file. Requirements Once you have saved the three files (as described under "Presentation" above) into a single directory identified by your name, you MUST compress that directory into a single ZIP file (and only a ZIP file - not a RAR file or some other compressed file format), as outlined in the section on presentation. Failure to adhere to these requirements will attract a 10% penalty. If you are submitting via EASTS, this ZIP file is all you need to upload. If you are submitting via Australia Post, you will need to copy the ZIP file onto a thumbdisk, or burn the ZIP file to a CD or DVD, and send that along with your coversheet in the same envelope. Make sure your thumbdisk, CD or DVD is clearly labeled with your name and student number.